Backhaul blues and a gradual decline in liner schedule reliability
Liner schedule reliability data continues to show the Gemini Cooperation achieving the highest on-time vessel ...
By Mike Wackett
Ocean carriers are looking to extend transit times in a bid to improve schedule reliability and cut costs.
They are starting to add more buffer time into schedules to mitigate the impact of chronic global port congestion.
Hapag-Lloyd said today it was adding seven days to the westbound schedule of its AS2 Asia to South America east coast schedule for 13 weeks – one of two loops it operates on the trade in cooperation with Maersk, Hamburg Süd, MSC and ONE.
It said ...
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